Toronto Star

Last week, Christopher Hume wrote about the lack of coherent urban planning that has allowed Toronto to raise unfortunate buildings while razing fine ones. We asked readers to send in their candidates for ugliest edifice. It seems Torontonians can be quite impassioned in their hatred of some buildings. A selection of responses: I couldn't let this pass me by. This is my chance to beef about the new high-rise apartment buildings that everyone driving through the city on the Gardner Expressway is forced to look at. The buildings in particular are those with the dreadful dark blue windows. We're treated to more of them across from the Rogers Centre on Spadina. Since they look pretty bad now, what are they going to look like in 10 years?